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The Nelson Economist
Sep 29, 1897

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The Nelson Economist

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[The Economist]

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Nelson, B.C. : D.M. Carley

Date Issued

1897-09-29

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The Nelson Economist was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, and ran from July 1897 to July 1906. The Economist was published by D. M. Carley, and edited by C. Dell-Smith. In August 1898, The Economist absorbed a paper called The Nation. In July 1903, the title of the paper was changed from The Nelson Economist to The Economist.

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VOL. I. NELSON, B. C, WEDNESDAY,,, SEPTEMBER, 29. NO. 12. TH E N E L SO N E CO NO HIST. Issued every Wednesday at the city of Nelson, B. C. D. M. Carley .. a ...... Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year to Canada and United States. $2.00 If paid in advance.......'.' 1.50 One Year to Great Britain. 2.50 If paid in advance............:....... '.'.'....'.'....:......". 2 00 Remit by Express, Money Order, Draft, P. O. Order, or Registered Letter.' ,��� Correspondence on.matters of general interest respectfullv solicited. . Advertisements of reputable character will be inserted upon terms which will be made known on application. Only articles of merit will be advertised in these columns and the interests of readers will be carefully guarded against irresponsible persons and worthless articles. EDITORIAL COMMENT. There can be no doubt that good results will be attained by the exhibition of British Columbia's mineral resources at the various expositions at which they have been accorded space. At the recent Winnipeg exposition the most attractive collection of ores was, we believe, that from British Columbia, and in this display the Kootenays were foremost. The collection, considerably , augmented, was forwarded to Toronto, from whence it will be taken to Montreal, there again to be placed before the public. Of course the ordinary individual is no judge of mineral : the sample which [Strikes him as the richest, may in fact be the poorest in the whole collection, but nevertheless, such displays can scarcely fail to attract attention to the districts from whence they come. It would have enabled those who took an interest in the mineral departments of these expositions or fairs, if the ores were not alone classified, but that an idea were given in every instance of their value. And speaking of the value of ores, the subject is one which, under existing circumstances, it is often difficult to satisfactorily determine. The every-day prospector or mine operator is too prone to select the very best sample he can lay his hands on���perhaps a piece weighing a few ounces, which may be selected from a ton of rock. This is submitted to an analyst, and invariably a-high assay is obtained. But this is not by any means a fair assay, inasmuch as the sample is not an average sample. Men who adopt such tactics deceive themselves and deceive the public, and newspapers publishing these exaggerations offhand do the country more harm than good. It would, perhaps, be interfering with the rights of individuals to make it compulsory on the part of assayers to set forth in their reports the quantity of ore submitted to them in each instance, and whether they applied the quartering system in making their test. However, it would be a source of satisfaction if such a rule were adopted. And while on this subject we might say that a very general feeling prevails that the time has arrived when there ought to be official sampling works established in this Province. The advantages to be derived from such works would be incalculable, while at the same time they could be made self-supporting, if riot indeed a source of revenue to the country. At present there is a suspicion, unfounded it may be, that the assayer who gives a ��� ���. ' 'D a : the highest per centage is the one who does the biggest business. We have known of cases in which samples of ore knocked off the same piece were submitted to different assayers and in no two instances were the returns alike. It is,- of course, quite possible that in each instance the figures given were absolutely correct, but nevertheless, the ten- dence is to raise a doubt in the mind of the party submitting the samples for analysis. With government sampling wrorks operating the case would be different. The officials employed in such establishments would be men of undoubted ability���thoroughly disinterested. They woulc1 see to it that fair sized samples were submitted and that a thorough analysis be made. Such a report would be accepted as official, and would save a great deal of trouble and expense which under present circumstances are incurred. A fair charsre would be made in each case���such a charge as would be sufficient to cover expenses. In Australia such a system as here suggested has been in operation for years and has proved a great success. Wonderful are the discoveries of science. The latest is sugar light. A sweet old scientist claims that light may be produced from sugar, and avers that he has taken several photographs by this light only. The sugar is exposed to sunlight for a couple of hours, and then placed in a dark room when the stored- up light at once begins to glow, faintly at first but quite brightly after a few minutes. Two hours' exposure to sunlight and the sugar will illumine a srood sized room for twice that space of time. Perhaps some of our readers will try the experiment (if there are no small boys around) and we shall be happy to give publicity to their report on the subject���without mentioning names. it goes on to speak of the sanitary precautions now being taken, a The letter of our, Rossi and coi respondent in last week's issue of The Economist would go to prove that the much- vaunted " sanitary precautions " are not what they might be. It cannot be contended that there is any public sewerage system in operation there or any means of disposing of refuse matter ; and how a city, claiming from 6,ooo to 7,060 inhabitants can be ' 'a veritable health resort" under such circumstances is more than the ordinary health seeker can comprehend. In fact.the favorite avowal of the Rosslander is ''I am not here for my health." If the city will but carry "out the suggestions made by Dr. George Duncan, secretary of the Provincial Board of Health, then indeed, Rosslanders may enjoy all the benefits of.the air that is " sweetened bya passing through evergreen pines,'' and ' 'full of life-giving ozone." The Bank of England is a national institution���one of the greatest financial concerns in the world���and when it announces its willingness to maintain one-fifth of its bullion reserve in silver, it is safe to assume that the management know what they are doing. Such a decision would never be arrived at without due consideration. The Banking Act of 1884 makes it optional with banks to hold one-fifth silver as a reserve against the circulation of notes, but in availing themselves of this option the directors have incurred the censure >f the Clearing House Association���a ver3' influential body of financiers. The question of bimetallism is thus again brought into prominence, so that we may expect a very animated and interesting discussion. There appears to be a marked advance in the ranks of the silverites in the Old Country, and a general public sentiment in favor of having the matter thoroughly and impariatally thrashed out. When such distinguished men as those who composed the late agricultural commission recommend bimettalism as a palliative for agricultural depression in England, it is evident that their finding will influence the tillers of the soil at least. Nor must it be forgotten that the British parliament stand practically pledged to a measure to secure a staple par of exchange between gold and silver. " A veritable health resort," is what the Rossland Miner declares that city to be, and A correspondent signing himself " U. C." asks our opinion on the school tax. " U. C." says he has lived in British Columbia for a year, that he is an unmarried man, that he has " travelled the world over " and tnat this is the only country in which he has been ivttma>u>��llMii,Mi^ THE NELSON ECONOMIST. called upon to pay school tax. He thinks it unjust and courts " the pourfull enfiewence of the economist " to have "the thing set rite." We see that " U. C." has not been brought up in a county possessing the advantages of free ��� education, and think that having escaped a just tax so long, he ought not now ; "kick" because called upon to contribute his quota to a worthy cause. The education system of Canada, and more particularly that of British Columbia, is,the env^a of the countr}' from which we suspect " U. C." hails. V\ Will the Opposition please state whos is the leader of their party.���-Rossland Miner. - We are glad the Miner has asked the question. It is pertinent,,relevant and perfectly in order. The Economist takes pride in being able to answer the all-absorbing .query, and placing the editor of the Rossland Miner in a. position to combat the leader of the Provincial Opposition with all the destructive force of his virile and a^ersatile pen. It is all well enough to fight the Opposition as a collective force, but in crder to obtain the best and most lasting results it is absolutely necessary to take ah occasional fling at its leader. In fact, to ; our wa^aof thinking, once destroy the leader, and it is'only a matter of time until the followers are plunged, into inextricable confusion and rendered incapable of accOniplish- ius: anvthhis: to soeak of. Therefore, as we have before pointed out, it is a condition of success that a paper should know the leader 'of the party it is fighting, and once it is indicated to the Rossland Miner who is the leader of the iniquitous Opposition, or the "reform" part3^���which is the same thing���-we pledge our credit that there will be a cutting and slashing before which an Opposition leader will -bite the dust. In revealing the identit3r of this heaven-bom leader, we are not in a position to state that he is still the friend and counsellor of the other member of the "reform " party���Hon. D. W, Higgins���but that he is, or was, the leader, there is no room for doubt, since he himself admitted it. Hats off, gentlemen, while we present the leader of the Opposition-���the man in whose fertile brain originated the, scheme of a great " reform " party���the man who wrung his hands in agoiw and despair and called upon the warlike Mr. Bostock to lead the people of this province out of a condition of "inexorable misrule" ��� who likened the gentle and unassuming Los- tock to Moses the patriarch ; hats off, gentlemen, while we announce the name of the leader of the Opposition���Charles E. Race, editor of the Rossland Miner, who until a few claA-s ago held a similar position on the Nelson Miner. Creek-���a distance of 138 miles. From Telegraph Creek there is. a pack trail of 62 miles, constructed by our local government. This trail ultimately comes out at the head of Dease Lake, in the Cassiar district, from which point the Yukon can be easity reached by Laird River or Teslin Lakea The C.P.R. have now in the field a party of surve3:rors under Mr. Du- chesnay, who are looking over the ground from Glenora, on the Stickeen River, to the head of , navigable waters on the Yukon, with the ob- . ject'of constructing a standard guage line of rail. It is to be hoped the work -will be prosecuted with energy, so that we may have an all-Canadian route to Canada's great gold fields. \ '.'.:. Last week we, adverted to the duplicny of certain merchants in being gathered in by fakirs, instead of conducting their business in accordance with strictly legitimate methods. When the article was written. V\^e had no suspicion that our own chy was infested with a , horde . of those nondescript vagrants, arid that merchants and others were being cajoled and intimidated by the stand-and-deliver methods of tfeose rascals. We are not disposed to dictate to business men how they should spend their money, but we do sa3^ that eve^ cent spent in this way is so much thrown awa3'. It never returns to the merchant through an3r channel, but is car-, ried out of the ccaintr3T by the vampires, who add insult to inju^ ba^ Laughing at their victims. The Economist is not making a special plea on its own behalf. This paper has. just about as much patrona^ as its present needs demand, but it does pledge its credit with the public that every cent expended in advertising in this paper, outside of its account for blank paper, will again find its wa3~ into the regular channels of local commerce, and the same tnay~ doubtless be said of the ether papers in Nelson. The advertising fakir, who is here to- cla3* and awa3^ to-mcrrow, is entitled to no more consideration than the vagrant who is put on the stone-pile to. work. As far as the prosperity of the town is concerned, the fakir is worse than the tramp���the former takes mone3' out of the place, while the poor unfortunate pilgrim of the read is satisfied if he gets enough to eat and drink during his sojourn. It is reported that the Canadian Pacific Rail- | wa3T people are considering a plan by which j the3' hope to secure aud control the traffic that ! passes over Canadian soil to the Yukon. As j a starter, it is contemplated to inaugurate a j steamship service from Victoria to the mouth j of the Stickeen river. From the report of Dr. j i Dawson, of the Geological Surve3a it would j appear that the Stickeen is navigable for stern- \ wheelers from Rothse3' Point to Telegraph ' The agitation recently- started in favor of establishing a mint in Canada is one which is deserving of everA' support. There is no reason why our gold and silver should be sent out j of this co'unfty to be converted into coin. It may not be generally known, but it is nevertheless a fact, that there was a mint in operation in New Westminster in 1S77. It was closed up try Sir James Douglas, governor of the united colonies, iu the hope of alla3~ing the jealous3* then existing between Victoria and the | roval citv. - Some of the coins there struck are j still held and treasured 03* collectors. During I the fifteen years ending 1886, $3,462,114 in silver and $242,525 iu copper was coined for Canada in England. The charges of the ro3ral mint amounted to $102,863, anci f��r handling the copper a Birmingham firm received $24,252, or a total of $-128,115 for the fifteen years. All this could have been saved had there been a .mint in this country. It is computed that there is at least $20,000,000 in foreign gold circulating in this country?' which could be advantageous^ replaced by Canadian gold coin. , We hope the agitation will be continued until the desired object : is attained, and that when a site for the mint is being selected we will be iu a position to show that there is no more favorable location than Nelson. The Tribune and the Miner are displa3nng some enterprise in the publication of two complete histories of Nelson. When rival papers go into matters of this kind there is usually a wide difference of opinion as to '' historical facts.'' The Miner's histo^ claims that Mr. Sproat discovered Nelson, while the Tribune is just as positive that Ma3^or Houston and a few others located the town. The Miner says Mr. Selous was a contractor in the early da3^s, while the Tribune sa3^s the first contract Mr. Selous took in -the place was to carry A. J. Mark's trunk from the wharf, like as'if that had an3^ interest for the public. There is also a difference as to where James Gilker opened his store, and whether or not Hume's store was the se-, cond cabin erected in Nelson. These are ve^ important matters, no doubt, but there is a question as to whether the3^ possess much information for the general reader. As to the truth of the "records," there is a general impression among the old-timers that the Tribune's histo^ is the most authentic. As far as The Economist is concerned, it has no desire to espouse the cause of either "historian" St. Barbe or " historian " Collins, although it has always had a well-defined suspicion that Nelson was discovered hy either Pat Russell or Rod Tolmie. Would it not be a wise move to establish an historical society in Nelson ? The " records " might be kept in some public place wrhere the people might drop in occasionally and make changes to suit themselves. When the Ameer's letter wTas published de- nying all responsibility for the rising on the frontier, it was stated that several passages had been supressed for diplomatic reasons. A rumor is now in circulation that the unpublished portion of this interesting communication contained a hint that an increased subsidya and that boon which the Ameer has long desired��� direct representation in London���would be welcomed b3T him. Lord Roberts was, therefore, not far wrong in attributing to Abdur Rahman a disposition to profit by the present troubles, even if he did not take active sides with Britain's enemies. It is prett3' certain that tee Indian Government will not consent to be blackmailed, however full their hands may be at the present time, for an all3' whose friendship depends upon the size of his subsid3r is worse than no alhr at all. The Vancouver World of last week paid its respects to The Economist in just about as strong language as is generally permissable in a newspaper office. We will assume that The Economist is everything alleged, and that the msmmtm timmmmmwmi^sssmmmmmm^immsmSim'S^sagaS^I^ ,4. ���.4.4ft 4H.14LU 44. ^. 4 ^V4-l , VV. ^ 4. ^, ^ J - ) , J���I -~ ^ ' ' ~ ' ~ _.___, q ~ -^ _ ... , U i i ^l tIiCU LI i K, ii I nir-i ill I ~TT"***"-'-TI'"T rf-'TL"L'" '" Jfl'l"'V"-"r'-'1' THE NELSON ECONOMIST 33 publisher of this paper " has his price," as is stated by the World ; but why should McLagan be the accuser ? The Economist remarked a few weeks ago that it was not on record where the publisher of the World "ever fought anybody or an3^thing while there was. something to be gained by keeping quiet." We took no creditc to ourselves for originality in making this statement, and the fact was so well established as to excite no comment from any source. Indeed it is well known that such has always been the case with the publisher of the World ; but the obligation to say so has been so general that no one felt himself bound in particular to give expression to it. As we stated in the beginning of this article, The Economist may be all that the World says it is, and its publisher may be just as black as he is painted, but the World should have Vacated its own glass structure before engaging in its time-honored custom of throwing stones. .We are free to confess our shortcomings, but we most uncompromisingly object to being made a a garget for a hoan'-headed old sinner like John ::C. McLagan and his accomplice, O'Brien. The ��� .publisher of The Economist is not very old, a\ut he is gifted with a remarkably good memory. For instance, he can remember long before the publisher of the World and that most interesting "cousin "first reached the province of British Columbia. We do not wish to detract from the splendor of McLagan's achievements in the interests of the people of this province. We are not unmindful of the fact that the introduction of the Waterbur3~ watch into this province was due to the enterprise of John Christian McLagan ; but this should not afford that gentleman, at least from a moral standpoint, any special privilege in attacking other people. The fact is McLagan is real mad���he wants Senator Mclnnis made Lieutenant-Governor so that he himself may get the senatorship. We repeat what has already been said in nine-tenths of the papers of this .province���that it will be a bad da3r for Canada when such men as McLagan are raised to exalted positions. Recognition of services such as those rendered by that man would be placing a premium on knavery, ignorance and hypocrisy. vk The report from Ottawa that Sir Charles Tupper may abandon the leadership of the Conservative party and be succeeded by Hugh John Macdonald, son of the late lamented Sir John A. Macdonald and late member - in the Dominion house for Winnipeg, will not come in the nature of a surprise to many Conservatives. It has been realized by Conservatives ior some time that a change in the leadership must come sooner or later, and the hope was generally expressed that the mantle would fall tfjgon the shoulders of the accomplished son of the most talented leader that ever led a political party to victory in this Dominion. There is no disguising the fact that the last Dominion election went to the Liberals by default. Conservatives were as much disgusted with the rank and file of their members as were the Liberals, and the opportunity presented to weed out the thistles was taken advantage of. With Mr. Hugh Johni: Macdonald as leader a new order of things will result. The old fossils will be relegated to the rear, and young men will take tip the work where Sir John Macdonald left off. The name of Macdonald is a name to conjure with-' in Canadian politics, and under the leadership of " the son of his father '' the Conservatives will take heart and work, where now they falter. The next thing to be done is to complete a perfect system of organization in every province in the Dominion���-such organization as resulted in the ignominious overthrow of the Liberal incapables on the '.1.7th' of September, 1878. In British Columbia we are fortunate in having men who will interest themselves in building up a new Conservative part3a We think we ma3^ reasonably claim that a;majority, of the talented .men of this province are, still1 in the ranks of that party, and we have no doubt they are read3;- now, as Conservatives have always, been, to sacrifice a little time on behalf of . their party. The Liberals will' hold a convention within the ,;course of a few days at New West- minster, and the Conservatives should follow suit. A promiaent man should be put forward as president of the provincial organization, and we know of no oiiq better qualified to fill that position than Mr. W.J. 'iVylor, the well-known barrister of ~ Victoria. Mr. Taydor so far has refrained from taking an active part in politics-, but the present seems. an opportune time for forcing him to the front. He is popular with all classes and a brilliant debater. In Mr. 'iVylor the new leader would find a lieutenant who would hold his own with any man in the Dominion. Should it so happen that Mr. Ta3dor could not be; persuaded to, enter the political arena some one else could be chosen, but in an3~ event let the Conservatives of British Columbia proceed to organize at once. The Liberals have thrown down the gauntlet, and we greatly mistake if there is not enough of the old spirit left in the old party to take it up. In so far as this district is concerned it will be an easy matter to place it once more in the Conservative column. A correspondent, who could have saved himself and The Economist some trouble by consulting a dictionar3>a asks: "What is the correct pronunciation of t-r-a-i-t?" In reply, we may say that the pronunciation of the word is altogether a question of locality. In Kaslo, where there is a large American population, the word is pronounced as if it were written t-r-a-t-e ; but in Nelson, where the British-Canadian element predominates, the " classicful pronunciafication of the term " (as M3rles 11a Cappaleen would say) is believed to be tra. There are, perhaps, no more difficult laws to frame than those designed to govern matters pertaining to mines and minerals. Ever since the hardy pioneers of Cariboo made their own laws and appointed their vigilance committees to uphold respect for person and property-, the Government of the province has been engaged in enacting legislation calculated to improvematters, and while desirous of having; the vast mineral wealth of British Columbiac- profitably developed, it: has been found clini--- Cult to accomplish tbis^ end. As the country^ is prospected, mineral is found in almost every' section. Without detracting from the honor: and credit due to the patient, long-suffering a prospector, a general feeling'now prevails that, the privileges accorded him are somewhaf. more than he ought to have���that is wheir. these privileges are abused. For instance, as^ the law stands at present a few designing men may practically tie up miles of mineral countiy ' for an indefinite period. One case in point: occurs to us just now,'in w^hich half a dozen men hold almost a \vhole mountain side, and. are likely to hold it, unless the law bechanged- so as to compel them to work their claims or,-, failing this, surrender them. The par t3r alluded to is not composed of practical miners,-. nor y*et experienced prospectors ; they are men who have each a little business, on hand, and mining is not their forte. Yet they manage to hold this vast tract of rich mineral ground without doing even their assessment work. The wa3~ the3~ manage it is this : A records a couple of claims; so does B C D, etc. The3' hold them for a 3*ear and then simply transfer or re-record, the one in favor of the other. Of course the3' invariably, manage to rake in a few hundred dollars for "interests" in their claims, and are. simply holding out until such time as neighboring properties shall have been developed and thus increase the value of theirs. Such a condition of things should not be possible, but how to avoid it is the difficulty. To prevent a prospector from holding more than one claim would kill prospecting, for there are those.. who make prospecting a business, and to such men is due, in man3' instances, the credit of discoveries wmich have been the means of establishing thriving mining camps. But there is a class of amateur prospector who " knows it all " and stakes it all. This is the class that requires to be legislated against. A paper in a neighboring city* contains a long letter from an alleged woman in Nelson who claims to be masquerading in male attire in order that she may be the better able to secure work. We are inclined to the belief that the story is a fairy tale, but we have heard that the women of the city in which the paper is published wear the breeches. If one of these damsels has found her way to this- highly moral town we believe that the members of our cit3* council will be able to look, after her. M. W. McLeod, of Rossland, according to- rumor, has struck upon a new way to pay- old. debts. Some months ago he was sued 03- a. Mrs. Rideout for breach of promise, and a sympathetic jury awarded the broken-hearted widow $3,000. McLeod, who is something of a financier himself, figured it out that it would be cheaper ip marry the widow than give her a dowry to marry some other fellow. Thus ends a romance in which there were enough tears shed to supply an ordinary sized city with a complete water system. tHMUMNXMiMSIBaSUmSm mmm/mivmrnmrnm^mamsm^smmsmmmm THE NELSON ECONOMIST THE EXHAUSTED WITNESS. Written for The Economist. There was joy mingled with sorrow in Ballybothereen, county- Galway, when it was announced that the district wTas about to lose two of its most popular y^oung people in the persons of Sergt. Tom O' Leary and Bridget Mulligan, the charming daughter of the widowed storekeeper. The sergeant and Bridget were about to be married, and according to the . rules of the Royal Irish Constabula^ when a member joins the ranks of the Benedicts he is transferred to some other station, often a remote from that to which his wife belongs. Ballybothereen was famous for the excellent quality of potheen (illicit whisly) which it turned out. It was a wild, mountainous country, and in those dark and dreary fastnesses the local distillers plied their remunerative trade in seclusion. Although the " o-ausrer" or excise officer was ever on the ��� o o alert, the potheen men invariably- managed to evade his vigilance. a To say- that the local police, whose dut3- it" was to put clown these establishments, were as active as the3* might be, would not be correct. The boys enjoa-ed a " drop of the cratur " themselves, and w7ere not anxious to see this home "industry killed. Sergt. Tom was never, without a drop in the barracks, and on the .night'of.the wedding the wine of the county was the favorite refresher. The daay of parting came, and again the flowing bowl of potheen was called into requisition. There was considerable curiosity if not anxiety, as to what: manner of man Sergt. O'Lea^-'s successor would be. The good people, however, were not long kept in suspense. It was officially announced that Sergt. Flynn, of Balhmanesheagh, was to take charge of the station. Upon his arrival the four policemen constituting the force of the station were called out on parade, and the new comer gave them the unmistakable impression that he was a strict disciplinarian. He had heard of the potheen industry and with the aid of his " subordinate officers '' was determined to put it down. He further cleciared himself a strict tetotaller and hoped byr precept and example to further the good cause of temperance in Ballybothereen. This stas-o'ered the bovs not a little. Would they be expected to inform on their old friends, the potheen men, whose hospitalit\- and liber- ality they had so long, enjo\-ed ? Never! though the bung drop out of the keg. ���-. Sercrt. Flvnu started upon his potheen I crusade with a vigor worth}- of so good a } cause. That very night all hands, with the j exception'of the barrack orderly, started on a potheen hunt. '- The men led the sergeant a very liot chase, in. the course of which they .knowingly passed -.at least two well-known spots where' the worm and still were at .work. Returning next morning Flvnn censured the men for their"-, ignorance of the country and insinuated that he " smelt a rat." ��� A couple of nights afterwards he went out single handed. In passing a road side cabin, he divined that there wras considerable mirth within, because they were singing. Flynn was not so dense that he could not guess at eggs if he saw the shells-���but he was near it, very near it. t Approaching the cabin stealthily he heard from his hiding place a parody on " The meeting'of the Waters," which ran: There is not in this wide world a liquid so sweet, As when sugar, hot water and good potheen meet. Oh, these rich, joyous odors ne'er from me can depart '������>. While the bowl flowing over e'er gladdens the heart. 1 " Ha, ha," ejaculated the sergeant,. "I've got them now." But he was too late His presence had been detected and the potheen was duly stowed away. When he entered he was given a very- cold- reception, as he announced his mission to be ' '.. still, '' hunting. Needless to say there was nothing found on the premises but the odor of potheen punch��� and upon such evidence there could be no case made. Flynn, however,must have got a "tip" from somebody^, for next night he headed off direct to a neighboring "still " where he found a full keg of,the illicit stuff. He had not, however, sense enough to seize upon the "worm," which is usually the first thing done under such circumstances, but contented himself with taking a quart bottle of the potheen, the names of the two men found on the premises and marking the keg. Returning to the barracks he triumphantly held up the bottle, and peremptorily ordered two of the men to go to the place described and seize upon eve^tbing there. Of course the3' had to go, but the task to them wTas far from pleasant. When the3-arrived at the still the3^ found the keg empty- and that ever3- app.liance of the business had. been removed-��� just as they expected. Shouldering the emp'y keg the3^ returned to the barracks and reported acccrdingl3a The sereeant was verv wrathv ; but, then, had he not a boltle of potheen taken frcni this identical keg? Surely that would be sufficient evidence upon which to secure a conviction. Summonses were duly issued and the case calledTor hearing at the next sitting of the petty-sessions court. The court room was crowded, as court rooms always are when this home industry^ is assailed. Sergt. Flynn was the first witness put in the box. He detailed the circumstances under which he became possessed of the bottle of stuff produced and satisfied himself that he had established a very good. case. (But it was when Attorney O'Donoghue, who appeared for the defence, took the witness in hand that the good case began to look a bad one. The la3rwer got possession of the bottle and handing it back to the sergeant asked him to smell it and taste it. The witness took a sniff, but his sense of smell did not justify him in swearing as to the contents of the bottle..' He was a strict teetotaller, he declared, and had a conscientious objection to.tasting an intoxicant.. However, he was ultimately induced to partake of a little of the stuff, but even then he.-would*' not swear that it was potheen.- O'Donoghue, bottle and glass in hand, proceeded to'call..witness after witness for the defence. Each man who took the stand was treated to a liberal sample of the liquid which ' they swallowed with avidity and smacking their lips declared " I would not swear that it's potheen." f It did not take long to exhaust the bottle and this feat having been accomplished, with feigned solemnhy, the lawyer asked the prosecutor if he had any further evidence to produce. "You've exhausted me witness," was the sorrowful reply, "and I can't make a ease out of the bottle with only a smell left in it." The announcement was received withy applause, which was soon, however, suppressed, for the "dignity of the court had to be preserved and the case was dismissed "for want of evidence." Sergt. Flynn left for home that evening a sad and disappointed man, vowing that the G next seizure he made he would secure sufficient "evidence." He had not many^ weeks to wait ere another opportunhy presented itself; the informer was at work. There was nothing of the detective about the sergeant, but when, he was apprised of the exact loca- , tion of an article he invariably- got at it. He ascertained that a keg of potheen had a resting place in the loft of one Tim Flahert3a and thither he made his way. True enough, the keg was there,������ duly charged with the desired liquor, and it stood on ends. Dispatching a messenger to the barracks for. assistance, the sergeant keptWatch over the keg, but while thus engaged an auger hole through the ceiling into the vessel enabled those below to relieve it. of its contents long before the desired help arrived. When Sub-Constable p'Farrell and his companion arrived on the scene, a rope was secured, the keg turned over and duly lowered. '' Be careful, boys '' cried the sergeant, �� 'and don't ye let it shlip, for 'tis full of the cursed stuff." "The devil a drop is in it at all at all," .chimed in O'FarreH. " Do ye mane to tell me that me witness is exhausted agin?" cried the sergeant in dis- maya as he proceeded to examine the keg. It did not take long to convince him that such was the case: The broad smile on the faces of those who witnessed the scene convinced the policeman that he had been badly- fooled. The stor3' got out and things were made so hot for Sergeant Flynn that he applied for and obtained a change of station. His successor winked at a good deal of the home industry., so that Ballybothereen still enjoyed a reputation as the headquarters for prime "mountain dew." When the sergeant left the local poet produced the following, which the boys used to sing, with great gusto whenever they assembled : . Here's a health to ye, ould 3ergeanl iaynu, ��� iropin' you'll nivcr come visit agin, ��� Mav the stripes on yer arm, ! Pos'sessin' their charm, Keep ye away from ourselves and all sin. Here's a health to-ye, hearty and true. For to give the ould fellow his due, With potheen galore Ri��-ht foment his own-door, He never could manage to get the right clue. -'���'���*���-rf.. Here's a health to ye, sergeant a vie, Mav ye alwaysbe hear.tyy and never be sick ! "While a-drop of the cratur, The gift oi kind na'tur.-- . Is'made near the station within yer distric. ���:;������'���'��������� C. Deix-Smith. ����iii.��^i��aa^!Paagig��SiBM^ THE NELSON ECONOMIST. ROSSLAND RECORDS. i a ��>l# a (Special Correspondence of The Economist^ There has been a bit of a stir, in business generally during the past .week, and a more hopeful feeling seems to pervade in consequence. Every branch of trade has been overdone in the past, but now there is a, gradual weeding out of the smaller fry in process, with the result that the old established houses doing a leeritimate business have the trade coming back. But still the auctioneer's bell is heard a-ringmg and goods are knocked down at almost any price that offers. This, however,, will soon be at an end ���and the sooner the better. Competition is dangerously keen in many branches. The latest innovation is a, fifteen cent restaurant. A few months asro one could not throw away a cigar stump and not hit a mining broker, so numerous was the fraternity7, but to-day7 there would be little clanger of such a calamity7. The departed gentry in most instances have left behind them many sorrowing friends whom they deluded into purchasing stock in companies now defunct, and many aaaawbick from their very inception were hope-.. iass undertakings. I am constantly receiving letters of enquiry as to what is being done on certain properties in which the writers have taken stock, and have too frequently to G.reply that the information is. not obtainable, there ���being no representative here of the companies named. The.recent legislation rendering it cornpulsoryr to register, to keep an office and a set of books open for the inspection of stockholders, has had the desired effect-���it has killed wild-cat schemes ; at least it has done much to accomplish this end. There are at present in the camp some mining companies which I am disposed to think will die out with the year of grace 1897. It would be a decided benefit to the camp if some of these properties were to fall into better hands. It is rumored that the City of Spokane mine -will be again operated, and that in the near future. Considerable work has been done on this property, owned by7 the Horne-Payne syndicate, but at the time it was shut down, some months ago, it was wThispered abroad that nothing good had been found there. The R. E. Lee, Homestake, Ma37flower and that group situated to the south of the city-, will also, it is reported, be started up again, the propert37 having fallen into the hands of an English S37ndicate who seem determined to get some return for their mone37 as soon as possible. There is good machine^7 on the ground. Several other properties are said to be on the eve of opening up again. It seems, however, that as soon as one opens up another closes down, so that there are alwa3'S a host of idle men in the camp. The Columbia and Kootenay, which it was thought would ��� be vigorously and steadify worked, is again practical^7 idle, while the War Eagle people are contenting themselves with the knocking clown of a little ore and storing it in the stopes. There is practically7 but one good shipping mine in the camp���the Le Roi. When such mines as the Iron Mask and Centre Star send but sixty or sevent3r tons each per week to the smelter it.is a small business. Of course what this camp requires is cheap transportation and cheap smelting, and until we get these. Rossland will not become the populous, thriving city which we all wish to see. Puaotm time to time we have had in town parties who claimed to be able to treat the refractory ores of this section at from $2 to $3 per ton. These gentlemen appeared to be ver3- enthusiastic at the time, but some how or *��� other, they'have "not turned up again to demonstrate their, S3rstem. There are thousands of tons of low grade ores now dumped, which might be handled profitably if -they' could be treated at even $5 or $6 per ton. ' However, in many of. the leading laboratories of the world experiments are being made with the ores of the camp, and no doubt some method will be devised of successfully treating them at a low cost. We have In Rossland a large contingent of the "blue aaiin" element, but the inore observant and level-headed are sanguine as to the ultimate prosperity of the camp. Rossland'will' go ahead, not by leaps and bounds, but steadily- and surely. It may take a few 3Tears-���but she'll get there. In my last communication I alluded- to the lack of school accommodation here.. I am now happy to be able to say that provision has been made to-improve, matters in this particular. A letter from Gel. Baker, Minister .of .Education, to the chairman of the^ school board-makes the pleasing announcement that the government has succeeded in obtaining in the railway addition to Rossland a site for a graded, school, and will increase the present grant of $4,000 to $6,000 to cover the expense of building. Col. Baker also announces that the government is willing to pa37 $275 each for the additional lots recommended b37 the school trustees as soon as the deeds for same be forwarded to the lands and works department. No time will be lest in getting the 11 ew building under wa3a Already competitive plans have been called for, and our local architects are busity engaged on the work. The school trustees, as well as the public generally, are well pleased with the action of Col. Baker, who has done everything possible to comply7 with their wishes. Father Pat's (Rev. Irwin) free librae at the Episcopal church is becoming ver37 popular. The libraiy is open from early morning until midnight, and is well supplied with reading matter, free writing material and eveiything calculated to make it attractive. The reading room is proving a great boon to the communit3a especially- to 3'Oimg men whose homes are not iu Rossland. A part3' of C.P. R., officials consisting of R. Marpole, superintendent of the Pacific division ; H. J. Cambie, chief engineer, and C. E. Perr3', resident engineer in West Kootemna were in town during the week. The object of the visit is to look over the ground and make such arrangements as ma3r be deemed advisable for the running of C. P. R. trains into Rossland, provided the company decide upon building their own line here. Mr. Mar- pole expressed the determination of his com pany to fulfil the promise of Vice President 0'Shaughness3r, that Rossland would be provided with railway facilities as speedier as possible. It looks as- if the C. P: R. mean business. Mr. Marpole \voulcl not.say if an3a negotiations are pending between his company and the Columbia & Western. /a - '���' ;V Barney. ���man^s'dan^erqius- age. It is a singular tact, 37et one substantiated .by statistics, that most crime is committed in New York State D37 men 29 37ears old. This is not only true of the lesser but also of the greater crimes, although a man is presumed to be at that period of his life not only In the zenith of his -.'physical,' but also in full aud complete possession of his mental powers, with a complete appreciation of right and wrong aud their respective consequences. This condition is a problem which has- not, been solved by the student of .criminology,' and one which is made ' the more complex b}7 the fact that the ages of '2.i,' 27 and 45 }rears nearby7 equal it, with the intervening 3^ears showing a far less percentage of crime. It is indeed peculiar that the criminal tenclenc37 should be so strong at 29 with no such inclination, so far--as criminal statistics '.show, in as great a degree for the succeediug 16 37ears, and then anoi-her outburst of the animal in man. This condition is found to be true; by actual figures, and as all statistical computations at which average conditions are sought to be determined are arrived at by7 this method, so may7 the student of this subject, as well as the insurance magnate, who bases on the p-eneral average of losses in proportion to the risks taken, and does so with full safety, etnpky it in solving the problem before him. Charles K. Baker, chief clerk to Police Superintendent Lathrop, of Albany, N. Y., has made this subject one of close stud}7, and will soon have completed a table showing this to be true. He has already7 completed one relative to murderers serving life seuteuces in the penal institutions, and its figures bear out the general conclusion. He offers at this time no explanation for this, but hopes after he has exhausted the subject, so far as^the presentation of figures are concerned, to be able to set forth reasons why these 37ears should be productive of the most crime. The following figures show how old the various muderers who are now serving life sentences were when the37 committed the act for which the}- are serving time, together with how man}7 like crimes were committed at such specific 3-ear of age: Fifteen, 1; sixteen, 1 ; seventeen, 2 ; eighteen, 2; nineteen, 1 . twenty, 2 ; twenty-one, 8 ; t\vent37-two, 9 ; twenty-three, 6 ; twenty-four, 5 ; twenty-five, 8 ; twenty-six, 10 ; twenty-seven, it ; twenty- eight, 7; twenty-nine, 12; thirty, 5; thirty- one, 6 ; thirty-two, 7 a thirty-three, 6 ; thirty- four, 6 ; thirty-live, 7 ; thirty-six, 6 ; thirty- seven, 3 ; thirty-eight, 5 ; thirty-nine, 4 ; forty, 5 ; forty-one, 3 ; forty-two, 3 ; forty-three 6 ; forty-four, 3 ; forty-five, 7 ; forty-six, 1 ; forty- seven, t ; forty-eight, 3 ; forty-nine, 2 ; fifty, r ; ���fifty-one, o; fifty-two, 2 ; fifty-three, 2 ; fifty-four, o; fift}--five, 2; fifty-six, o ; fifty- seven, 1 ; fifty-eight, o ; fifty-nine, 1 ; sixty, o ; sixty-one, 1 ; sixty-two, o ; sixty-three, r ; sixty-four, 1 ; sixty-five, o ; sixty-six, o ; sixty-seven, 1 ; sixty-eight, 1 ; sixty-nine, o ; seventy, 1 : **_=ji_ miimmnmMJMm��ijiui)iMB��a^ li ���&**?^ THE NELSON ECONOMIST. MINING NOTES. An assay of $100 to the ton is reported from the Little Joe, near Trail. The Slocan Star mill has resumed operations and is now running full blast. ,: The Royal-Gold'Co. which ownsaar, group on Grouse mountain, are said to have made a find of free gold. The Jennie, Ainsworth and No. 5, adjoining the Highland mine at Ainsworth, have been sold to an English S37ndicate for $15,000. The Queen Bess mine, near New Denver, has been purchased b37 Ca K. Millbourne for an English syndicate. The price is said to be $150,000. The new tramway for the Payme mine, near Sandon, is ��� hearing completion. It will be about a mile and a half in length and will have three tracks. Work on the Eighteen Karat placer group, near Grand Forks, has been stopped on account of lack of water. Operations will not be renewed until spring. The ore shipments from Rcssland last week aggregated 1,760 tons. There were only three shippers-���the Le Roi, 1,650; Iron Mask, 60, and Centre Star 50 tons. Smelter propositions are still being discussed; in Vancouver, aiid it is believed the chy council will give the Remington Co. a bonus of $100,000, at the rate of $ 1 per ton. The Silvertonian claims that the mines of Silverton alone can produce sufficient ore to keep all three of the smelters in British Col- umbia running steadily day and night. The ten stamp mill at the Fern mine, on Hall creek, will, it is expected, be in full swing earlv next week. The tramwav and concentrator are now in working order. A partial breaking in of some of the supporting timbers in the upper works of the Slocan Star, and a caving iu of earth, has necessitated a partial closing down of the mine, pending repairs. A meeting of the committees of the Northwest Mining Association was held, at Spokane yesterday evening. The annual meeting of the association takes place two weeks hence. The Last Chance and group, located on Noble Five mountain, has been sold, the consideration being $225,000. Scott McDonald, manager of the Payne, and Mr. Beggerstaff, acting presumably for the McCunes, are the purchasers. The British Columbia Bullion Extracting Co. intend resuming operations on the reduction works recently erected on the line of the Red Mountain Railway, at the O. K. mill near Rossland. It is claimed the}' will be able to handle $6 ore with a profit. The Slocan City News says that development work on the different claims in the district continues without abatement, and that in every instance the showings improve as depth is attained. The demand for mining properties is brisk, but claims must be developed before a satisfactory deal can be made. THE CITY GOUNCIL. The regular meeting of the city council was ���held on Monday, Sept. 27th. There were present His Worship the May^or, and Aldermen Dow, Malone, Hillyer and Teetzel. A letter was read from Mr. Joshua Davies, managing director of the Nelson City Laud and Improvement Co., apprising the council that they are trespassing upon private property in taking water from Anderson creek, making ditch and laying pipes, as well as building reservoir, arid setting forth that unless official recognition be made of the private rights of the company, within seven days from date, and an undertaking given to pay for right of wayr, etc:,- " I shall be compelled to proceed as I may be advised by my solicitor." ��y The rmayor said that it might be necessary7 to expropriate the land. They could not now say exactly7 how much land would be required. After some discussion the matter was left in hands of the may^or to attend to. A communication was received from the Lands and .Works department, informing the council that the owners of lot 96 are considering the right of way over that property. W. Sutherland wrote offering his services as inspector of public works. The mayor expressed the opinion that such an appointment ought to be made. It would be better to spend a couple of hundred dollars and be assured of the fact that proper materials were being used and that the work was being satisfactorily7 done. The sewerage works were proceeding and pipe laying .would commence at once. His Worship was authorized to appoint an inspector. W. C. McLean & Co. wrote offering the services of their tapping machine for testing mains, etc., during sewerage construction. It was decided to call for tenders. Messrs. Brackenridge & Lund, waterworks contractors, requested an extension of time for the completion of their contract. Their com- munication set forth that they had had a sufficient amount of lumber on hand to complete the flume, but that the city7 engineer objected to some of the material, and they7 were consequently7 obliged to order another lot. Then again, there was a good deal of blasting to be done which was not at first anticipated; also the water running into the reservoir had been a serious trouble to them. The mayor suggested, that the communication be referred to the Board of Works, so that it might be ascertained if the extension of time asked for wrould effect the contract. The suggestion was adopted. A. E. Hodgins, chy engineer, sent iu a bill of $866.66 for services rendered, which was referred to the finance committee. Among other accounts sent in was one of $3.90 for dog tags. The ma37or explained that the3r ran out of dog tags and had to send for another lot. Aid. Teetzel���" Phy we didn't run out of received, some of which were ordered to be paid and others referred t > the finance com- ; mittee.! '. The mayor drew, attention to an application for the laying of a sidewalk on Vernon street from A. McDonald & Co.'s to the Klondyke hotel. The residents would furnish the lumber if the city would have it laid-���all they were asked to pay7 for was the labor. A good deal of discussion ensued, the consensus of opinion being that when the residents on public thoroughfares offered to supply7 the material for sidewalks, the least the city might do was to have them put down. 'There were three tenders in for the supply of brick for:sewerage purposes, the lowrest of which, $12 per thousand, was accepted. The Electric Light by-law was read a first and second time. / Themayor said it. had been suggested to him that the percentage of clay in the puddle used at the reservoir should be increased. At present 25 per cent. clay is being used, but it was contended that this was insufficient, considering the sandy condition of the other material. Aid; Dow thought it might improve matters to have the percentage of clay increased. However, the material now being used was satisfactory to him. The subject was referred to the city engineer, and the council adjourned until Wednesday (this) afternoon. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. The sealing conference will meet in Wrash- ins:tbn about the middle of November. The Duke of York has been given command of a man-of-war which will visit British Columbia next year. J. K. Kerr's scheme to corner a number of the proposed government mining reserves in the. Yukon has been knocked out. Another remitance of customs duties has been received from Collector Davis at Dawson, making $10,000 in all which he has forwarded during the 3-ear. A land slide on the Chilcott pass killed eighteen men a couple of weeks ago. The men were packers on the Dyea trail, and only one of the bodies had been recovered up to the time of latest news from the district. The steamer Alki arrived at Port Townsend last week having on board a number of men returning from Skagwa}7, who were unable to cross the pass. The returning gold seekers report that a great deal of distress prevails up in that country. dogs too." Accounts amounting to $4,404.21 w7ere John Gillis returned yesterday from Ymir. He reports times a little quieter than usual in the mining camps as all the assessment work has been completed, and the hands are leaving. Twenty men are working on the Wilcox, building cabins and getting things in readiness to put on a full force this winter. The road is completed all but two small bridges, wrhich will be finished b37 November 1st. :���! '���I i; .! I IMMMIMmMJWlMMWm^^ THE NELSON ECONOMIST. 7 COMMENT AND GOSSIP, As a patron of amateur sport, I '.-would like to ask what has become,of the Athletic Club organized in Nelson last spring... It appears to have dropped completely out of sight.. The season for .football is now upon us and- a well-. conducted athletic club coulddo rnuch to help oil this sport. In Nelson we" have... some, excellent play7ers, among others, Mr. ,E. Senkler, of Bowes & Senkler, who has '.played in several international championship matches. With a. few others-like Mr. Senkler, Nelson could get together a team that would strike terror in the hearts of the Coast teams. ,: While there is some doubt as to who discovered Nelson I would like .to put forth the claims of Bill Plearne. . In fact, I- am not sure that Bill did. not discover British Columbia. ��� , There have bee'n quite a number of gentlea. rnen, well-known in railway building, in the city this week. ' This, I understand is con- .strued as meaning that the C. P. R. entertain some intentions of engaging in railway7 construction at this point before long. 'Lieut. Perry is about to make another trip to the Arctic regions in the hope of discovering the North Pole. He says that he is going to take a party of Esquimaux with him, as they can go hungry and know how to get food. It appears to me that there is a great opening for men who "know how7 to get food " in Dawson City at the present time. The Victoria papers are growling at and fighting each other to the great scandal.of-that community. Why don't the editors of the Victoria papers make a visit to Nelson, and learn how sweet and blessed a thing it is for editorial brethren to dwell in peace. -Tr. A telegram announces that Land Commissioner Hamilton has left Winnipeg for Golden, B. C, where he- will confer with Hon. Mr. Baker, minister of mines, regarding the transfer of lands granted the Crowds Nest Pass railway, the British Columbia Southern, and the Columbia and Kootenay railways, of which corporations he has been appointed land commissioner. ' Before returning, it is understood, Mr. Hamilton will decide on the location of a number of townsites on the railways named. Vishnu. Snow fell at Barkerville last week. The people say that winter has set in. The ranchers at Lillooet are cutting their second and in some instances third crop of ha37. J. W. Follert, who was accidentally shot at Trail a week ago while out for a da3-'s hunting, died on Sunday. A report comes from Ashcroft of a big landslide opposite that town, and fear is entertained that the channel of the Thompson river maybe again choked up and the town flooded. A similar occurrence took place about seventeen years ago. a LOCAL NEWS There were no services in the; Episcopal church on Sunday last, the pastor being absent attending a conference. During the vacation of Mr.' A. H. Buchanan,manager of the local branch of the Banlf 6f:M6ntfeal, Mr.: Robt. Rintoul will act; Mr. Buchanan-leaves for his old home in Ouebee. .- ��� .The. regular meeting of the Ladies' Hospital: Aid Society will be held on Monday next in the Presbyterian ch urch. at ,three o' clock." "The ladies of dSTelson are cordiaDy invited to'attend. The society is a very7 deserving one and ought to be warmly supported A serious accident occurred the ether evening opposite The Economist office. A man making his way do-wn the hill fell into the big cut, evidently7 intended as a cellar for some .house'yet to be erected. The hole is a very dangerous one and ought to be filled'in, otherwise the owner- of the property or the city will be mulcted in a substantial sum for injuries sustained by some unfortunate. A marriage took place in Nelson on Satuf-; day .which a will add-.another'.household; to' Salmo. A "lady hai'ang from.the latter town arrived 'here on Monday7 in search of her fifteen-year-old ..daughter who'had disappeared a couple of clays before. ". It was soon ascertained that,, the your g." lady .had been duly joined in -wedlock, and the Benedict having received the blessing of his mother-in-law, returned to home and duty7. Mr... Onslow Newling, the contractor for the Nelson sewerage "works, has been, connected with railwa}7 and sewerage construction for many7 37ears. Twenty7 years ago he was on the contractor's staff for-the railway7 between Liverpool and Preston, Eng. He afterwards' superintended the sewering of the cit37 of Lincoln ���a work which cost over $400,000. He was several3rears in the service of that eminent contractor, the late Thos. Andrew Walker, wTho success fully- carried out many of the leading public works in the Old County. ' Mr. Newling- has engaged A. Wralkey, who has had much experience in sewerage work in Victoria and elsewhere, to superin-. tend the job in Nelson, and Jas. Blackwood, who has been a trusted emplo37ee of the Vic-, toria. council for so long, will see that the pipes are " well and truly laid." With the work of sewering the city in the hands of such men the citizens ma37 have, eveiy confidence that the contract will be carried out iu a proper manner. The editor of the Silvertonian is in custod37 at Silverton on a charge of criminal libel preferred b37 Constable Hamilton. | Work on the city hall at Vernon has been j stopped owing to the fact that no satisfactor3r j tender has been received for the cit}7 deben- j tures. i i The efforts to pull the steamer Nakusp off i the beach at Kootena37 rapids have been j abandoned. The steamer will be raised by ; means of jack screws and afterwards launched j into deep water. The accident will cost the I i company about $6000 it is computed. j LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL A movement is on foot at Golden for the ', establishment of a board of trade, :!�� ' ; ���, Owing to the continued absence of Mayor Manly, the cit37 council of Grand Porks have���'.;'. elected a mayor pro tern. a C. P.. R. locomotive ' engineer L. King, broke his leg.last week through falling in the ...round house at North Bend. .1 *���* ��� T * ' <:(Atathe Clinton fall assizes last week John Duck was'Sentenced to ten 3-ears' imprison- ''.ftient for shooting Roy Hagan on the Cariboo road. i. Medical..Health Officer F.urrer recommends a sewerage system for Kamloops, and suggests that the sewerage matter' be applied as a fertilizer.''-- . ' James Hamilton,"a miner, who attempted an assault on Mrs. Thps. Rabbett at Granite creek, was shot by- that-lad}/ and died shortly afterwards-. "-"'"��� . ��� ��� -' David McBeath reports good progress as t being made on the Slocan river road, and says that trains will be running from the Junction to Slocan,City-within a month. , .'���; Ehginer-in-chief Lumsden, -of. the G. P. Ra, ;.- says ...the'���construction road " will bea completed over the Crows' Nest Pass road into the Kootenay valle37 before the;end of.next"month, /a The annual thanksgiving services and har- ; vest festival were held at St. Mark's churchy Kaslo, on Sunday last. The sacred edifice was appropriately decorated for the occasion. The last spike in the Trail-Robson road was driven on. Monday last, the construction train being the first', to pass over the rails. A . regular passenger service will be inaugurated ���as soot as the C. P. R. affords connections at Nelson. ��� In a collision between two freight trains near Notch Hill, on the. C. P. R-, Brakeman . George Burndrett was killed and Engineer Brown and Fireman Hume seriously injured. Four tramps have been arrested on suspicion of tampering with one of the trains. The machinery for the new C. P. R. steamer Rossland, now being built at Nakusp, is being put in position, preparatory to' ������ the launching of the craft. The Rossland is built on the lines of the Kokanee, but her speed will be superior���about t6 knots. She will make a round trip daily between Robson and Arrowhead. Mr. J. PI. Falconer, deputy supreme chief ranger I. O. F., and inspector for British Columbia, is organizing a court at Nakusp aud meeting: with everv success. The new mem- bers had a very enjoyable entertainment and dance at Abriel's hall last week, upon which occasion Bro. Falconer had an opportunity of setting forth the well-known merits of the order. A noticeable feature of the evening was the Scotch dances, the pipes being played by Alex Beaton, champion of the Pacific coast. The I. O. F. is the first fraternal organization to be established in Nakusp. Mr. Falconer has been appointed inspector for the district west of Winnipeg by the executive council of the supreme court, and will no doubt fill the bill to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. 8 THE NELSON ECONOMIST. WOMAN'S KINGDOM The trials of beauty are doubtless very severe, but they are not a patch on the trials of a "nice" girl. I speak from no little experieuce. "Nice" is my only adjective, so to speak. I am plain and heither rich nor brilliant, so to make up I try to be amiable, and consequently society7 imposes upon me shamefully. For instance, when my friend Mrs. Grey has a dinner party and some one disappoints her at the last minute, she says ':'.' " It's a pity to spoil the looks of the table; I'll send for Edith; she's such a nice girl; . won't mind being asked to fill up." She does, though, but she can't very well refuse to oblige people for the sake of silly pride and prej udice. And when I do go she probably delivers me over to the tender mercies of old Mr. Cairns, who is as deaf as a post. I know my hostess has said : " Edith won't mind his taking her in; she's such a nice girl." Or perhaps I am out spending the evening somewhere, and it is decided to finish off the proceedings with a little dance. No one will volunteer to play, and the hostess comes up to me and-says: with a gracious smile, " Edith, dear, perhaps you won't mind playing us a set of lancers. I'm afraid no one else can. Of course, it wouldn't matter if it stopped there; but the lancers are followed by a waltz and the waltz by a polka and the polka by7 aschot- tische and so on, until just as it is time, to go home some one says : "Why, poor Edith's never had a dance ! She's been playdng for us all this time! What a shame !" And the hostess says: " I am afraid we have been very selfish, my dear, but you do play so beautifully, and you are always so obliging." Then again, when I go to see any7 one my appearance is the signal for them to pull out their hats and gowns, and they all ask my advice and borrow my patterns and cop3r my bonnets and make a general societ37 hack of me. Of course matrimony is entirely out of the question for a " nice" girl. I have heaps of male friends, but that's precisely7 w7here it is. They7 are simply7 friends. They7 go and fall in love with other girls, and then come and tell me all about it, and expect my7 advice aud sympathy and encouragement. Of course it's very gratifying, and I suppose I ought to feel highly flattered, but at the same time it is a little trying. As I said before, I am not rich, and mv7 business in life is to " teach the young idea how to shoot." And alas ! even here that relentless adjective pursues me ! It is rather a long walk to the scene of my labors, and frequently; when I arrive there the mother of j my pupils meets me in the hall with j apologetic smiles. j "The children are not in this; afternoon," she says. "A friend: called and has asked them for a drive. It is such a lovely afternoon I knew you would riot mind it.".'.'-a?; . -."������a ..,...',. And then they wonder that their young hopefuls do not get on. And in the matter of holidays, too, my leading characteristic serves me but poorly. "You wouldn't mind having the summer holidays a little earlier this year ?" is sometimes said to me with a gracious smile. " I have just had an invitation for the children to spend next month in the country." And it is said to me with such an air of assurance that I feel my feeble protest that it is " inconvenient" die away upon my lips. I meekly murmur instead that it "won't make any difference ;" but when I have to begin work again just as every one else is "breaking up " for the summer vacation, it is but poor consolation to me to know that Mrs. A. confidentially informs all her friends that the y-oung lady who instructs her offspring is "such a nice girl! So very: obliging always." After all, I suppose its my own fault and I bring it all on myself; and I may as well make myself useful, as I can nerver, byr any chance, be ornamental* But, at the same time, it is impossible to help wishing sometimes that people would be a little more considerate, and remember that I am only7 human, even ifi am" such a nice,girl." A Nice Girl. A London hairdresser who tried to improve business by employing female operators has had to abandon the experiment. His staff of "lady- shavers" turn cut to be a dismal failure. Female assistants in his line of business are not patronized, even temporarily7, except by a few " gay y^oung sparks" willing to try7 anything that smacks of novelty7. The majority of male customers are prevented, b37 the moral suasion of their wives or other female belongings, from resorting to shops where the37 can be shaved byr lady barbers. Another obstacle to the success of the movement is the unwillingness of the average man to trust his j ugular vein to hands par- ticul ~rly sensitive aud hysterical. However, the disappoiuted barber gave it as his private opinion that "although- a failure from a business point of view lady shavers are really greater adepts in the art than men." Being a professional beauty is not all cakes and ale, if one may believe the account of Anna Held's daily life that an Eastern exchange ijhasjust published. According to this, she is waked every morning at nine o'clock. Her maid then hands her a hand-glass, and if she is not satisfied with the result of the inspection, she calls in her physician, her masseuse, her beauty-doctor, or some other specialist. Authorising ar ncial Com xtra- pa n y to Ca r ry o n ness. 1- " COMPANIES ACT, 1897." Canada, Province of British Columbia No. 1 97. THIS is to certify that the " Pyramid Kootenay Mining Company, Limited," is authorised and licensed to carry on business within the Province of British Columbia. The head office of the Company is situate at NO. 36, Lime Street, City of London, England. The amount of the capital of the Company is ��50,000, divided into 50,000shares of ��1 each.* The head office of the Company in this Province is situate at Nelson, British Columbia, and J. R. Mackintosh, whose address is Nelson, British Columbia, is the attorney for the Company. Tiie objects for which the Company has been established and so licensed are:��� a.] To acquire and work certain mineral rights in British Columbia, upon the terms of an agreement to be entered into by the Company, the draft whereof is set out in the Schedule to the Articles of Association of the Company, and to enter into and carry such.agreement into effect, either with or without modifications: [b..] To purchase or otherwise acquire any grants, concessions, leases, or setts, easements, or interests in lands, waters, mines, minerals, mining or mineral claims, mining rights and other hereditaments in British Columbia, and any property, real or personal, moveable or immovable, for purposes incidental thereto or to any other objects of the Company : [a] To prospect and search for, get, win, work and raise within the area aforesaid copper or other ores, metals, minerals or substances, and to carry on the business of miners millers, smelters, and workers of any processes in tire production, reduction and making merchantable, of ores, minerals, metals, metallic products, supplies of water, merchants and manufacturers and workers of any minerals, metals, articles, and things used iri, or in connection with mining, milling, smelting, and other processes aforesaid, or any of them: [D.] To search for mines and'minerals, and' to acquire and grant licenses and other rights and privileges for the purposes of, or in respect of, tiie search for or winning and'getting of copper or other ores, metals or minerals: [E.] To purchase, take or lease, or in exchange, hire, or otherwise acquire any real or personal property, live or dead stock, or any easements, rights, privileges, or concessions, or any interest therein, ne-essary or convenient for the Company's business, or for developing or utilizing any of the Company's property, and to explore, work, and develop tile same: F.] To acquire, erect, construct, or hire and maintain and work, any buildings, plant, engines, machinery, fixtures, mills, roads, .railways, tramways, canals, creeks, shafts, ditches, or other works which may be necessary or advisable for the purposes bf the Company: [G.'j To undertake and carry into effect all such financial, commercial, trading, or other operations or business in connection with the objects of the Company as the company may think fit : [h] To acquire any inventions capable of being used for any purpose connected with any of the businesses or operations of the Company, or the license or right to use the same : [i] To amalgamate with any other company having objects altogether or in part similar to the objects of this Company, or to acquire and undertake the waiole or any part of the business, property and liabilities of any person or company carrying on any business'which this Company is authorized to carry on, or possessed of property suitable for tiie purposes of this Company: [j.] With the sanction of an extraordinary- resolution of the Company, but not otherwise, to pay for any property or business purchased or otherwise acquired in shares (to be treated as wholly or partly paid up, or debentures or debenture stock of the Company, or in money, or partly in shares or debentures or debenture stock and partly in money, and, with the like sanction, to accept in payment for any part or for the whole of the property of the Company sold or otherwise disposed of, shares, bonds or debentures of any other company or companies: [k.] To improve, manage, develop, let, underlet or sell, or otherwise dispose of, charge or deal with, in any manner whatsoever, all or any part or parts of the propertv of the Company, or any rights or easements in or over the same: i L.) To acquire by original subscription or otherwise, and to hold ana* sell, or otherwise dispose of, shares, stock, debentures, or debenture stock, or any interest in the revenues or profits of any company, corporation, partnership or person carrying on any business capable of being conducted so as directly or indirectly to benefit this Company, and, upon any return of capital, distribution of assets, or division of profits, to distribute such shares, stock, debentures, or debenture stock, among the members of this Company in kind: <aro To borrow or or raise money for the purposes of the Company, and to execute and issue bonds or debentures, or debenture stock, to bearer or otherwise, mortgages and other instruments for securing the repayment thereof, or for any other purpose, with or without charge upon all or any of the property ' of the Company or its uncalled capital, and upon such terms as to priority or otherwise as the Company shall think fit: far.} To establish or promote, or concur in establishing or promoting, any other company whose object shall include the acquisition and taking over of all or any part of the property, assets or liabilities of this Company, or shall be in any manner calculated to enhance, either directly or indirectly, the interests of the Company, aiid to acquire and hold shares, stock, or securities or or guarantee the payment of any securities issued by, or any other' obligations of any such company: (o.j To lend, invest, and deal with the moneys of the Company not immediately required upon such securities, or without security, and in such manner as from time to time may be determined: fp.j To make, accept, indorse, and execute promissory notes, bills of exchange, and other negotiable instruments: [q.j To apply for, obtain, accept, adopt, and carry into effect, any Acts of Parliament, provisional orders, concessions, contracts, grants, decrees, powers or privileges, which may be deemed necessary or desirable for faciliating the objects or any of the objects of the Company: Ir.j To procure the Company to be registered or incorporated, or otherwise domiciled, empowered, represented, or recognized in British Columbia: [s. To hold in the names of others any -property which the Company is authorised to acquire, and to carry on orjdo any of the businesses and acts and things aforesaid, either as principal or agent, and either by the agency of or as agents and trustees for others: (t.) To remunerate and make donations (by cashor other assets or by the allotment of fully or partly paid shares, or in any other manner) to any person or persons, for services rendered Or to be rendered, in introducing any property or business to the Company, or in placing or assisting to place any shares, debentures or other securities of the Company', or for any- other reason which the Company may think proper: (u.) To execute and do generally all such other things as the Company may at any time consider conducive to the carrying out or attainment of the above objects or any of them: ������ Given under my hand and seal of office at Victoria, Province of British Columbia, this 29th day of June, one thousand eight hundred and nihetv-seven. IL.S.1 "��� S. Y. WOOTTON, Registrar of Joint Stock Companies. Assessment Act and Provincial Revenue Tax. Nelson Division of West Kootenay District. NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with the Statutes, that Provincial Revenue Tax and all taxes levied under the Assessment Act are now due for the year 1S97. All the above- named taxes collectible within the Nelson Division of West Kootenay, assessed by me, are payable at my office, at*Kaslo, B. C* Assessed taxes are collectible at the following rates, viz. :��� Four-fifths of one per cent, on the assessed value of real estate, other than wild land. Three-quarters of one per cent, on the assessed value of personal property. So much of the income of 'any person as exceeds one thousand dollars the following rates, namely, upon such excess, when the same is not more than ten thousand dollar.?, one and. one-quarter of one per cent; when such excess is over ten thousand dollars and not moreaJian twenty thousand dollars, one and one-half of one per cent.; when such excess is over twentv thousand dollars, one and three-quarters of one per cent. Three per cent, on the assessed value of wild land. If paid on or before the 30th dav of June, 1897 : Three-fifths of one per cent on the assessed value of real estate, other than wild land. One half of one per cent on the assessed value of personal property. Upon such excess of income, when the same is not more than ten thousand dollars, one per cent,; when such excess is over ten thousand dollars, and not more than twenty thousand dollars, one and one-quarter of one* per cent.; when such excess is over twenty thousand dollars, one and one-half of one per cent. Two and one-half per cent, on the assessed value of wild land, Provincial Revenue Tax, $3.00 per capita. John Keen. Assessor and Collector. Kaslo, 13. C, 2nd September, 1897. Notice of Application for Certificate of Im provements. Rosa and Belle Mineral claims, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District, and located on Skilet Creek, oh North Fork of Salmon River. Take notice that we, Alex. Goyette, free miner's certificate, No. S3,5S1, John A. Quiiilan, free miner's certificate No. 1,344 A, and John A. Coryell, free miner's certifidate No. 81,209, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply te the mining recorder for certificates of improvements, "for the puVpose of obtaining crown grants of the above claims. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificates of improvements. Dated this first day of September, 1897. mSBIHS!^^ THE NELSON ECONOMIST. 9 SHORT STORIES. Thebankruptcy court can boast of some delightfully naive rejoinders. ���' How; asir, is it possible,'' angrily demanded the opposing counsel of the bankrupt,' '' to live In the luxurious style you have affected on two hundred dollars a year? " The witness replied, with an air of justifiable pride, that that was acproblem to which he had devoted a considerable time in the Interests of social economy, and the results of his humble efforts were now before the court. something by way of apology, arose in his pew and remarked: ''Ladies and gentlemen, I was somewhat somnolent, when I heard the remark that caused, my ejaculation ��� but I desire to say in self-defense that any commander of a ship should be keelhauled for throwing three anchors astern, for in doing that he would pull the end out of his vessel." arsons r o WINNIPEG, ompany. iANITOBA. Wholesale Dealers in Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Apples, Poultry and Cured Meats. An amusing story is told of how the late Lord Fitzgerald discomfited a treasury official who was sent over from England to complain of the excessive expenditure for coal in the lord chief justice's court. He received the man and listened gravely and formally while the latter stated his errand and enlarged upon the importance of economy in the matter of fuel., At the conclusion of the discourse he rang the bell, and when the servant appeared said, '' Tell Mary fnat the man has come about the';coals." ' A western judge, sitting in chambers, seeing from the piles of papers in the lawyer's hands that the first case was likely to be hotly contested, asked a ������'������ What is the amount in question >> > < c Two dollars,'' counsel. "I'll judge, handing " call the next said the plaintiff's pay7 it," said the over the money ; case." He had not the patience of Sir William Grant, who after listening for two days to the arguments of counsel as to the construction of a certain act, quietly observed when they had done : " That act has been repealed." On one occasion, while examining the mechanism of the monster lamp belonging to an English lighthouse, a gentleman wishing to see howinany seconds would elapse in completing a revolution, he took a half-crown piece from his pocket and placed it on the revolving framework. Watch in hand, he waited for the coin to come round again, but no half-crown appeared. The seconds lengthened into minutes-��� still no half-crown ! "Strange !" he exclaimed ; " what can be the meaning of it ?'���' In order to ascertain the cause of the strange phenomenon, he walked abound to the other side of the lamp, and, in doing so, encountered one. of the light-house men, who touched his hat and said, " Thank }rou, sir," iH amuader-tone. The man seeing the coin coming toward him, had pocketed it, thinking it was meant for a tip. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF FORESTERS. goods in Western Canada. Full The largest handlers of these All warehouses under perfect system of cold storage, stock carried,at Nelson, B. C. For prices write or wire SSELL, Mgr Nelson Branch Parsons Produce Co. flMMi -OF- In accordance with instructions from the Hon. G. B. Martin, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, MESSRSa CHARLES A WATERMAN & Co. will offer for sale,by public auction at the Court House, in the City of Nelson, on a 9 at 2 o'clock p.m. lots th( original townsite of James Clay, the distinguishen whist-player who figures in "Guy Livingston" under tne name of Castlemaine, once had for a partner in the game a man who led a singleton from a hand containing five trumps, and Castlemaine fell into the common error of leading trumps to defend an imaginary suit. Although it was not his fault, the poor partner of the great man felt himself called npon to look sorry, and remarked that the result had been unfortunate. Castlemaine looked thoughtfully at the ceiling. " It is computed," he said, "that there are upward of two thousand Englishmen of good family, and born to brilliant prospects, who are now wandering shoeless about the Continent because they would not lead trumps, having five > > On one of his visits to his village home, Admiral Gainsborough attended the parish church. The lesson was from that portion of Scripture that tells of the shipwreck of St. John. " And the sailors cast three anchors astern," said the clergyman. "Cursed fools," said Gainsborough, half asleep. The congregation was horror-stricken, and the admiral, thinking to say Court "Mines, "Ainsworth B. C. Meets every Saturdav evening at 7:30 p.m., at Henry's hall. Donald McAuley, C. D. S. C. Ranger; John Milles, Chief Ranger; Leander Shaw, Treasurer; W. R. Jarvis, Recording Secretary; Wm. P. Freeman, Financial Secretary. 'Visiting brethren cordially invited. Court Kootenay No. 3138, Nelson B. C. Meets first and third Wednesdays in cthe month in the Odd Fellows hall. Officers: F. W. Swannell, G.D.S.C.R.; M. McGrath, C.R.; J. Mowat, W.C.R.; W. B. Shaw, R.S.; W. Hodson, F.S.; W. H. Graham, Treas.; J. R. Green, Chap.; E. C. Arthur M.D., Phys.; A. Shaw, P.C.R. Notice of Application for Certificate of Improvements. Titanic,1 Young, Grouse, Young American,Epoch and Sultan Mineral claims,situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District, and located near Burnt Creek, North Fork of Salmon River Take notice that I, John A. Coryell, as agent for W. H. Young, free miner's certificate No. 87,534, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for certificates of improvements, for ,he purpose of obtaining crown grants of the above claims. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificates of improvements. Dated this 1st day of Septemper, 1897. Notice of Application for Certificate of Improvements. U. B.���L. 2018, G. 1���Mineral claim. Situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located:���About one and one half mites west from the Nelson and Fort Sheppard railway at Hall's water tank, lake notice that I, W. A. Macdonald, acting as agent for W. H. Sherrod, Free Miner's Certificate No. .81993, intend sixty days from date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 17th day of September, 1897. \V. A. MACXONALD. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that we, the undersigned, have carried on and intend to carry on business as grocers and provision merchants at Nelson in partnership under the name and firm of Buchanan 6z Wilson. Said partnership has subsisted since the 1st July, 1S97, and we are the only members of said fi rni. Dated this 21st day of September, 1897. A. C. Buchanan, C. J. Wilson. the remainder of the Goveriiaieat town lots m the City of Nelson, with the exc-ao-ion of the lots comprising block forty nine (49). (Lots in block 88 and 89 withdrawn). All lots will be sold subj ect to an upset price ranging from $ r 00 upwards. With respect to lots upon which squatters have made substantial improvements, the purchasers of the same will be required to pay to the Government, for the benefit of the squatters, the appraised value of the improvements thereon. TERMS OF SALE���Twenty-five per cent (25 p c) of the purchase money cash, and the balance within thirty [SUj days from the date of sale. On the failure o'n the part of any intending purjhassr to complete the purchase within thirty [30] days, the deposit made at time of sale will bj (o:i ji.te 1 aud cue lots will ba again offered for sale. For maps, showing the location of the lots to b3 offered for sale, catalogues of the same, and further particulars^ apply at the office of a Nelson, Sept. 7th, 1897. Baker Street, Nelson, B. C. TobaccOi Cigarettes! Pipes and Tobacconists' Sundries, -SOLE OWNERS OF- THE FINEST BRAND MADE CANADA olesafe Store, North of Baker Street, Nelson. RetailStore, South Side of Baker Street. Notice of Application to Purchase Land. Sixty days afterdate the undersigned intends to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to purchase the undermentioned tract of land, situated south side of Kootenav River and on the east bank of Sandy Creek'- post planted about twenty chains south of Kootenay River marked Northwest post runnino- 40 chains south, then 40 chains east, then 40 chains north, thence to the starting point. 100 acres more or less. David McCkeath. Nelson, September 1st, 1897. Brokers and Manufacturers'Agents. Agents for Manitoba Produce Company, Gold Drop Flour, Wheat Manna, Biscuits, Etc. W. J. Pendray's Soaps, M. R. Smith & Co's NELSON, B. C. P. O. Box 498. c ��_ ffggg&*.^ wmmmmmmmammwsiimi IO THE NELSON ECONOMIST PERSONAL. A���'-. W.-: Peck is" home ,from a few days visit to Trail. a ,. H. Cuthbert and G. C. Shaw, of Victoria, are in town. F.-''C. Innes, of Vancouver, was in the chy On'Saturday.; C. M. Houghton is around again after an illness of three weeks. John Dean, of Smith, Dean & Co., came up from Rossland on Monday. R. Marpole, Supt. Pacific division of the C. P. R., was in town on Monday. J. A. Mara, of Kamloops, ex- M.P. for Yale-Cariboo district, was in town this week. a W.E. Hamilton, G. E. Burns, W. H. Langridge and Robt. C. Adams, of Montreal, are in the city. T. R. Ella, C. E. Perry, Ri E. Tatlow and J. P. Geddes, of Vancouver, visited Nelsbii on Monday. EXPATRIATED BRITONS. To the Editor. Sir���I notice an article on pa- ttiotism in one of your recent numbers, and am reminded of a conversation I overheard , some time ago in one .of the larger cities of the United States. A wealthy merchant was asking his clerk as to wThether he intended taking out his naturalization papers. "No," replied the young fellow, "I would consider such a course degrading, and an injustice to my native land.'' The, merchant paused a few mo- meats and then frankly congratulated his employee. He remarked that although he was an American born and one whose sole interest was centered in the United States, still he had no admiration for the foreigners who came over to his country and without the least hesitation denied the land that gave them birth, and in case there should come a time when the services of such men were needed in defense of their adopted country, he thought the great maj ority would prove utterly unreliable and even a greater danger than their open enemies. " Such is the patriot's boast, wher'er we roam, His first, best country ever is at home." I am sir, Yours, etc., Albion. Nelson, Sept. 27, 1897. to be done to afford protection at the wharf which at present is without any safeguards whatever. A laborer, known as James Ross, employed on railway construction about twelve miles from Slocan Crossing, was instantly killed on Sunday last by the falling of rock. A charge of powder had been put in the rock and shortly after the explosion Ross and one of the contractors advanced to see what effect it had had. Just then, a huge boulder rolled down, striking Ross and literally crushing his head into pulp. The body was brought to Nelson yesterday and an inquest held. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental death. Ross was a man about forty years of age' and unmarried.'' He was a member of the Oddfellows order, and the. funeral today will be under the auspices of that body. PUBLIC NOTICE. We, the undersigned, doing a strictly cash business, and as our time is money, will on October 10th turn all of our unpaid accounts over to our attorney for collection. Yours truly, Farley & Simpson. Judge Walkern will preside at the fall assizes in Nelson. The Kokanee made her last trip of the season to Lardo on Monday last. A jury gave Samuel L. Moore a verdict of $1,000 damages against the Flail Mines Ltd. last Thursday. Three men were drowned in the lake at Kaslo on Monday by the upsetting of a boat. The only one of the trio known is Wm. Johnson, an employee of the Pilot Ba}' smelter. While coming ashore from the steamer Alberta last night a lad}- passenger fell from, the gangway into the water, and was with difficulty rescued. Something ought . She���" Have you no relatives ?" He-" None to speak of���-all poor !'' He���I'm going to kiss you when I.go. She���Do it now while I'm still young. Hubby-���You are worth a million to me. . Wifey���Can I get an advance of two dollars on that million for a new hat? He���Do you usually take a stick with you when you go climbing on the mountains.?' She���Oh, 3^es ; would you like to go along to-day ? . Mrs. Watts���My husband won about $100 at poker night before last. . Mrs. Potts���How do you know? " Because he said he won 25, and he gave me 15. 1 > BUSINESS NOTESa The Criterion restaurant on Baker street has been opened under the management of F. J. Van Buren, formerly of Slocan City. Simpson & Donley are now re'ady for business at the Lake View hotel on Hall street. The united Democrac}' party has nominated Henry George as mayor of New York. "Rebel George" Knowlton, who was recently taken from Spokane to Los Angeles to stand his trial on a gold brick swindle, has been acquitted. An experienced accountant wishes employment. Books posted, etc. Terms moderate. Apply A. C, Economist Office. CRITERION RESTAURANT Opened under new management Everything First-Class White Labor Only Employed MEALS FROM 25 CENTS UP. GIVE ME A CALL F. J. VAN BUREN, Prop. A large number of business lots for sale. Also business blocks on Baker, Vernon and other streets. Residential lots and houses tor sale in addition A and other parts of the-city. Baker Street, Nelson. cLATCH IE Dominion and ProvinGial^^teaBB.^ Land Surveyor, .Custom House,Nelson,B.C. ARCHITECT. CLEMENTS AND HILLYER BLK Room 6, Nelson, B. C. Ward Street Cash Grocery. CHOICE SELECTION OF GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS. .,���_���*^-We Sell Cheap Opposite Steam laundry, C. G. DAVIS. JUST OPENED IN THE rtcKILLOP (Opposite Hudson's Bay Co.) ���WITH - h Brand New Stock of Genfs Well assorted and at the Lcwest Prices. snmgs all and See Us TRELFORD & 5TANNA *'���'im��g����'a^^ adsons All kinds of Miners' and Workingmen's Furnishing Goods for sale. EVERYTHING CHEAP FOR CASH. THE NELSON ECONOMIST. ii Ha 1* HUMOROUS. Clara���"Gh, it seems so strange to be engaged." May��� * 'It certainly does^���the first time." Jess���' 'George asked me last night if the roses on your cheeks were genuine." Bess���"And you said ?" Jess���'' Nothing���simply winked." ���'���"' "Any amusement in this town to-night?" asked the- stranger. "I reckon there's going to be a lecture," replied the grocery man; "I've been selling eggs all day.'' PATTERSON & STEEPER. Successors to J. Madden. Miners Livery and Feed Stable Opposite Royal Hotel, Stanley Street ��� ,NELSON,;^"' -'; ...= _. / B. C. "a a ;:drin^ ���All Kinds of��� Fruits, Cigars and Tobaccos Allan Campbell, Bakerst Br'dg, Nelson For the Finest Line of omestiG Oi Ji far Store, ew Editions Arriving Daily. We are up-to-date with Colonial Libraries, a a Mining Books afor sProspector, Assayer and Mineralogist, alwa}^s on hand. ��� Any book riot in stock procured to order. Victoria Hotel, September 21, 1S97. Fred Goodwin wishes to inform his numerous friends and acquaintances before they start for Thomson Stationery Go., Ltd ! NELSON, BaC. - M ALBERTMISLONKA. Boots and Shoes Made and^ Repaired. Hall Street, Nelson, B. C. C.E. EWALLETf E & CO., DEALERS IN Rough and Dressed Lumber, Sash, Doors, BAKER STREET, Shingles, Etc., Etc, (In premises lately occupied by A. McDonald & Co.) NELSON, B.C. FIRST-CLASS WINES, LIQUORS APID CIGARS. Dollars Per Day and Up. - Everything New. OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE, SAMPLE ROOM FREE. Lapoint & Farley, - - Proprietors That he is Selling Trail Creek Beer at Twenty=f ive Cents a (^ari^ artUfactured by The Kootenay Brewing, Malting and Distilling Company^ Limited. MERCHANT TAILOR. High Class Suits Made in the Latest Styles. A Magnificent Line of Scotch Tweeds and Worsted, and West of England Trouserings, Suitable for Spring "wear. A spocial feature of Fancy Worsted Suitings...........-. '........., �� �� Baker St., Nelson, B, C. c We wish to direct your attention to our NELSON, B. C. See Our Leader Suit See Our Special Suit $7.00 $5.00 olesale and Retail others in Proportion a ��J ��� /\s vjlJLrffV Head Office ; Nelson, B. C; Markets at Nelson, Kaslo, Three Forks, Sandon, Rossland and Trail SPARKLING. THORPE & CO. AROMATIC. TELEPHONE 60 Awards for Merit World's Fair. w Wagon work and Blacksmithing in all its Branches. kelson Blacksmith Co. H. A. PROSSER, Manager. Lake St., Opp. Court House. NELSON, B. C. Canada Drug and Book Co., L'td. We are now ready for business in the ESliott Block, Cor Stanley and Baker Sts Our Drug Stock is complete, and we are opening up a full line of stationery. An inspection of our Stock and prices is respectfully invited. Canada Drug: and Book Co., L'td. 12 THE NELSON ECONOMIST a London, Eng. Victoria, B. C. Wholesale Merchants, Shippers and Importers. Kootenay Branch, acKinaws* n ket Nelson, B. C. > uDDers. The season for upon us, and we are to; inform our pa- that we are to hand having just received direct from is now pleased trons with it The Jas. Stewart Manufacturing Co. of Woodstock Two cars of their celebrated STOVES and RANGES, which we are offering at exceptionally low prices. We have also a full ^stock of all sizes of QUEEN HEATERS. Give us a call. Satisfaction guaranteed Lawrence Hardware. C ��� Telephone 21. Baker Street, Nelson, B. C. PANTS. Deer Park, (Lower Arrow Lake.) * Headquarters for Prospectors and Miners for the Arrow Lake District. Unexcelled Deer Shooting. Excellent Fishing and Boating. Most picturesque and comfortable camping grounds in the Kootenay. HERMAN KNORR, Proprietor l897 THE 1897 HAS (1) THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF RE- serve for the protection of policy holders being the only Canadian company that has provided, this security from its inception. (2) THE LARGEST SURPLUS TO POLICYHOLDERS of any Canadian company at the same stage of its "existence, being 20 per cent higher than anv other company. (3) THE LO'WESE DEATH RATE of any company in Canada at the same stage of its existence. HAS NOT any real estate, overdue interest, or Death Claim's unpaid. I am willing to pay for a half-page display In heavy-faced letters, declaring That "I'll give a new dime for a word that will rhyme With the garments fair cyclists are.wearing. So give me some space in a prominent place And send a sight draft for the payment ; Though it takes my last cent, I'll remit with content, . When supplied with a rhyme for such���raiment-. Only poets can know the extent of my woe When intent on some brilliant effusion��� I am knocked out of time for the lack of a rhyme Conveying the needful allusion. I might fill up my purse ^writing bicycle verse, At the price it is usually rated, '" . But my troubles intrude whfin I strive to allude To the cycle girl's garb bifurcated. I could reel off dead loads of good sonnets and odes ; I am sure they'd be regular gol-sousers ; But a mention of breeches would forfeit my riches, ....... And how can I use the word "trousers " ?' So please give my ad. the best place to be had, And, meanwhile, I'll go down in my lockers And fish out a dime for a word that will "rhyme With those togs that are not knickerbockers General Agent Kootenay District, NelsonB. C, T. S. Gore. H. Burnet. J. H. McGregor GORE, BURNET & CO., Provincial and Dominion Land Sur= veyors and Civil Engineers. Agents for Obtaining Crown Grants and Abstract of Tiiie to Mineral Claims, &c. NELSON, - - - British Columbia Hungarian, xxxx Strong Bakers, The Okanagan Flour Economy, Shorts, Superfine, Chicken Feed, Bran, Chop. ills Company, Lt'd, Armstrong, B. C. ELS�� TOTAL DAILY CAPACITY 8,200 BBLS. "OGILVIE'S PATENT HUNGARIAN" will hereafter be known under the brand, "OGIL- VIE'S HUNGARIAN." Branded Blue. "OGILVIE'S STRONG BAKERS " will hereafter be known under the brand "OGI LVI E'S GLENORA." Branded Red. All these brands have been duly registered in the Government Patent offices, and any infringement of the same or refilling of our branded bags with flour will be prosecuted according to law, as each bag of flour is fully guaranteed which bears our registered brand and sewn with our special red white and blue twine. a / In thanking you for your patronage in the past, and in soliciting a continuance of your favors, we take this opportunity of informing you that " OGILVIE'S HUNGARIAN " and " OGIL- VID'S GLENORA " "have been established at a high standard, manufactured under special process, securing the right combination'of properties gluten and starch to produce the highest results in baking. " In placing our new brands upon the market we do so with the assurance that your most profitable interests wail be served in securing you the finest quality of bread. No expense is spared in the manufacture of these special brands of flour, and our prices will at all times be ot as low a figure possible consistent with the superior article which we offer. Yours truly, OClLVIE MELLINC COMPANY* C. M. LEISHMAN, Victoria, Agent for British Coiumbia. B.ESNOUF Importer and Dealer in 9 Furniture, Crockery, Glassware, Lamps and Silver Plated Ware A Complete Line of Supplies for Hotels, Saloons, Restaurants and Families. Upholstering and Repairing. Mattresses Made to Order. VERNON STREET, NELSON, British Columbia. NELSON E CO. Hardware, Stoves, Ranges and Fu.naces . A'' ^ n The latest addition to our stock is the A new and beautiful wood Cook Stove. P. O. Box 63 To buy Cheap Shoes for the children to go to school in. They are harder on shoes than grown people and consequently need the best: you can buy. We have just received a large stock of shoes, REGULAR SCHOOL SHOES They will be sold at prices that are 'way down, quality considered. e Having started a cash business, we are now prepared to supply our customers with everything in the Grocery Line at Rock Bottom Prices. Prospectors and Miners should give us a call before placing their orders elsewhere. Our stock of Crockery is complete, marked at living prices. Give this Flour a Trial before passing an opinion. mwwiwiBWinywuimiwBi ���a^w,\-i*i*.v ^^-^^sa^^^